Lawrence v. Fast
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellant against the appellee, to recover the N. E. 36, 8 N., 1 W., in the Circuit Court of Warren county. The cause was tried by a jury before Thompson, Judge, at September term, 1857; a verdict was rendered for the defendant; a motion was made by the plaintiff for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and judgment rendered against the plaintiff for costs. The plaintiff appealed to this court.
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This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellant against the appellee, to recover the N. E. 36, 8 N., 1 W., in the Circuit Court of Warren county. The cause was tried by a jury before Thompson, Judge, at September term, 1857; a verdict was rendered for the defendant; a motion was made by the plaintiff for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, and judgment rendered against the plaintiff for costs. The plaintiff appealed to this court. On the trial, the plaintiff read in evidence an exemplification of a record of a judgment against delinquent lands for taxes of 1851, rendered…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, C. J.
The first question to be considered in this case, is, whether the judgment for the taxes was sufficient. Waving the question of the sufficiency of the description of the property, we think the judgment, fatally defective, in not showing the amount of the tax for which judgment was rendered. The six columns at the right hand of the table in the judgment, are headed respectively, commencing at the left hand," Valuation,” “ State Tax,” “ State Special,” “ County Tax,” “ County Sp. Tax,” " Total.” Opposite the tract in question are the following figures: In the first column mentioned,…
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